How disappointing the guy who removed the camera didn't have the obvious understanding that probably everyone watching this video would like to see the whole glider at least at end of the video.
a little googling revealed the following Wikipedia articles with pics. and info.: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DFS_SG_38_Schulgleiter de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SG_38
The glide ratio of this glider is listed as 10:1. A modern hang glider like a Wills Wing T2 is listed as 14:1. Hats off to the pilot. I hope he goes on to a fun and rewarding life in aviation.
Notice the amount of forward stick it took to stay down on the tow-plane. We had a primary at Black Forest Gliderport in Colorado and one day after operations had stopped, all the instructors took turns flying it
For thousands of years man dreams of flying like a bird. It is amazing to think it is only just over one hundred years since we achieved that dream. This video gives us some idea what it feels like to realise that dream without being enclosed by a cockpit 😮👌🙏🇬🇧♥️
fantastic to see flying, I came across these in an aviation book i got at about 11 years old and thought i could build one, so is great to see the old machines being built.
Super !! Der Mut eines 15-jährigen! Ich selbst bin eine SG 38 vor 45 Jahren ( als 24-jähriger ) bei einer Flugshow geflogen und musste dabei viel Mut aufbringen, obwohl ich damals schon mehr als 350 Stunden auf verschiedenen Segelflugzeugtypen ( KA 8, K 7, K 13 und KA 6 und nicht zu vergessen Doppelraab ) hatte.
Great chunk of nostalgia...As a boy in Germany (My dad was with the RAF stationed at Whan, near Cologne) in the 50's and I bought and flew an SG 37. If I remember right it cost me ten pounds from a ground-crew airman due to return to the UK . Great little bird, I flew it maybe six times, then dad banned me. Saw the American U2 when it came to refuel.. nearly shot by the "security" mob long after it left...
Thank you very much for sharing this Supermega Video. This one, if he is a real pilot, should be hired by American Airlines, continue to give an example to those pilots who are just pretty children. Do not let the channel die, keep going in these feats.
LOL..what a riot!. Can't beat the thrill of unpowered flight, lips flapping.. Always appreciate the straps holding you to your craft when you float negative g's..lol. Totally excellent..Everyone "hustles"
@@equinoxproject2284 This is the sort of thing that most Luftwaffe pilots learned to fly on. Probably that’s why the were not easily intimidated afterwards... 🤔
gut gemacht Jung. I flew an earlier version of the SG about 20 years ago. unlike you we only had a winch launch so you can guess how quickly I was back on the ground. nevertheless an experience never to be forgotten. makes you appreciate the comfort of fibreglass:-) :-) I wish you many many more safe landings.
RAF Bister air base in the early 70's, I saw one of these "basic trainers" take flight and, if I recall, one had to have 500 hours flying time in gliders before they'd let you fly it !!!! Unfortunately, I saw that flight end badly as he tried to land but misjudged the wind and ended up in some bushes, nose down! What a hoot! I was learning to fly at the time with the RAFGSA at RAF Wattisham. That's where the CFI, Eric, gave me the nickname of "Spamcan" (because I was in the USAF). Cheers !
His left hand kept reaching for something to grab. :) Can't blame him a bit! lol. So, so, so different than piloting in the cockpit. Holy cow, that looks fun! Good job, young man and congratulations!
Einfach nur geil! Ich bin so ein Ding 1x in Aspern geflogen. Werde diesen Flug nie vergessen. Das ist was ganz spezielles. Tolles Video, super Flug. Danke für den upload.
No, I think it wasn’t mach 2. If you’re listening exactly, you can hear that the afterburner didn’t work. By the way: It was a great landing of this young guy! Schöne Grüße nach Österreich!
Anton Dillét 100 km/h? Is das hier ein WW1 fighter oder noch früher weil es keine Reder hat? Ist die Steuerung extrem empfindlich weil es so wenig Gewicht hat?
No, mach 2 was not that noisy... I flew the F-104 G quite often to mach 2 and little over, on test flights... But I had my helmet on. And: I also flew the SG-38 in 1954 at Celle-Scheuen in Germany, went solo after 15 flights an the Gö-4 and after 20 hops on the SG-38 (started by winch up to 300 m) I stepped up to the "Baby II b". Flew 14 different gliders, got my "Silver C". Became a Combat Ready Pilot for the German Navy after having been trained as Jet Pilot in the USA 1966 - 1968 and was later an Instructor for "Tornado"- Crews at RAF Cottesmore/ England. (1983-1987) My films about my training in the USA 1966 - 1968 are here on UA-cam. Find me under wulf beeck - UA-cam Please write my name in s m a l l letters. The following films on my UA-cam Channel deal with my pilot training: (Comments are in German, sorry...) - Piaggio - T-37 - T-38 - Operation Heulift - Der Witwenmacher (F-104 G German version) or - The Widowmaker (F-104 G English version) - Besuch auf einem Schießplatz - Seasurvival - Überleben auf See - Have fun with my videos... stay away from Corona, FLY SAFE FLY NAVY Wulf "Buddy" Beeck
My Dad got his RAF glider pilot's wings on one of these just after the war. The ex German Air Force instructor was excellent according to my father and had a small queue of NCO's lined up for instruction.
Mit meinem Trike habe ich schon x Mal eine SG38 geschleppt. Da ich langsamer geflogen bin musste der Pilot nicht so drücken. Für längere Überführungen zu anderen Plätzen fliegt man viel entspannter.
Although this was published about 5 years ago, I hope the kid (20 year old dude now) still flies and enjoys it now just as much as he did back then. Awesome flight ;)
Great video, and this young man is getting a great start to a career in aviation. I started at his age in gliders as well. What I learned there still serves me well today. It really teaches the fundamentals, and there isn't anything with wings much more fundamental than a SG-38. He'll be with Lufthansa in a few short years!
the SG-38 is solid as a rock and very safe. I had the privilege to fly one.. Compared to something like a flying chair, it's build is substantial. I don't think you could break one.
The same as you have on. Why? He had fun and this wan't a scare thing as he knew what he wanted to do! Now I wonder how his flying life is going? Great control of a basic fly by the seat of your pants aircraft as that thing I thing only had an altimeter! He did better than some adults on their first solo flight!
@@peterweber1174 ...and in a glider, you always know *exactly* how many engines you will have available at the time of your landing. That's not the case in any powered plane you can name.
Only scary for the ignorant. When flying, having more vehicle wrapped around you doesn't equal more safety...just a bigger splat. What safety there is comes from learning to control your craft. Hard to imagine a better platform to learn that. :-)
"Glider clubs" used the same glider in the 1930s to provide primary flight training to future Luftwaffe pilots, skirting the Versailles treaty restrictions on aircraft. I noticed a bunch of stick pitching- the CG location on such a machine would likely be very much a matter of pilot weight. The kid looked pretty skinny, so maybe he was constantly trying to keep the airspeed up. Pure stick and rudder!
That is the Pressure and Joy inside, that makes him Scream ;-) I think flying with this old Beginner Sailplane is a very Special Feeling, maybe a little Bit like Flying an Hangglider..
Epic! It looks as if the tug aircraft is flying slightly too fast for him but maybe it couldn't fly any slower! Reminds me of my first solo flight which was in a single seater I had never flown before. It's unofficial name was the Flying Tea Tray. Very different flying characteristics to the glider I had been taught in.
I am an old pilot and I tell you this young man flying this glider will make him a top pilot. He is flying by the seat of his pants, and this is whay makes good pilot. Congratulations,
How disappointing the guy who removed the camera didn't have the obvious understanding that probably everyone watching this video would like to see the whole glider at least at end of the video.
a little googling revealed the following Wikipedia articles with pics. and info.:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DFS_SG_38_Schulgleiter
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SG_38
Of course you could just google it and find 100 images of what they look like.
Camera man is egal =0 .Idiot ×100😢😢😢
It's just a green screen. They learnt how to do it from that little Uki CNT Zelensky!
@@patrickganly5206russian troll…
The two main dangers when flying a craft like this is turbulence and woodpeckers.
🤣🤣🤣
Thank you.. I needed that laugh this morning......
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Videl si v skutočnosti letieť ten kĺzak. Je to ako detské hádzadlo, o turbulenciách sa vtom klzaku môžte snívať.
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The glide ratio of this glider is listed as 10:1. A modern hang glider like a Wills Wing T2 is listed as 14:1. Hats off to the pilot. I hope he goes on to a fun and rewarding life in aviation.
Finesse or glide ratio: Space Shuttle = 4.5 U2 spyplane = 25.0 modern Eta glider = 70.0 !
My first early paraglider was 4:1!
man , you are a BRAVE soul ! hats off to you friend!!!
Wahnsinn! Macht beim Zuschauen schon Spass - und man stellt sich die Frage, ob man selbst die Eier hätte, so zu fliegen. Bin sehr beeindruckt.
Notice the amount of forward stick it took to stay down on the tow-plane. We had a primary at Black Forest Gliderport in Colorado and one day after operations had stopped, all the instructors took turns flying it
For thousands of years man dreams of flying like a bird. It is amazing to think it is only just over one hundred years since we achieved that dream. This video gives us some idea what it feels like to realise that dream without being enclosed by a cockpit 😮👌🙏🇬🇧♥️
Talk about letting it all hang out! Realize this is a glider from the late 20s incredible.
As a glider pilot, getting endorsed in the SG-38 is on my bucket list for sure!
GLIDER?... Don't you mean a controlled brick, free falling .
fantastic to see flying, I came across these in an aviation book i got at about 11 years old and thought i could build one, so is great to see the old machines being built.
Now that is flying! i thought hurling around in a tiger moth was fun, but that's about as raw as it could get. Great job.
try hang gliders you dont even get the seat
Respect! Great ride guys
I am a glider pilot and it is my dream to fly something like this once.
Ma rk Travner
Super !! Der Mut eines 15-jährigen! Ich selbst bin eine SG 38 vor 45 Jahren ( als 24-jähriger ) bei einer Flugshow geflogen und musste dabei viel Mut aufbringen, obwohl ich damals schon mehr als 350 Stunden auf verschiedenen Segelflugzeugtypen ( KA 8, K 7, K 13 und KA 6 und nicht zu vergessen Doppelraab ) hatte.
I'm tellin ya. Balls of steel
Wow,@@frez777
Great chunk of nostalgia...As a boy in Germany (My dad was with the RAF stationed at Whan, near Cologne) in the 50's and I bought and flew an SG 37. If I remember right it cost me ten pounds from a ground-crew airman due to return to the UK . Great little bird, I flew it maybe six times, then dad banned me. Saw the American U2 when it came to refuel.. nearly shot by the "security" mob long after it left...
15?? I don't even know you son,, but you make me proud. ( A big Hello from the U.S. )
In the USA, you can solo in a glider or sailplane at age 14.
Certainly on my bucket list . You learn that the rudder pedals are there to be used.
👍🏻
Thank you very much for sharing this Supermega Video. This one, if he is a real pilot, should be hired by American Airlines, continue to give an example to those pilots who are just pretty children. Do not let the channel die, keep going in these feats.
LOL..what a riot!.
Can't beat the thrill of unpowered flight, lips flapping..
Always appreciate the straps holding you to your craft when you float negative g's..lol.
Totally excellent..Everyone "hustles"
I wish they would have walked around the plane first so we could see it
You wanna get heart attack before flight ?
Looks sketch af.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DFS_SG_38_Schulgleiter
@@equinoxproject2284
This is the sort of thing that most Luftwaffe pilots learned to fly on. Probably that’s why the were not easily intimidated afterwards... 🤔
@@Skyprince27 That would do it for sure. But then again life in general was a hell of allot more risky back in the day.
Totally incredible video great flying and the landing was too... Looks like fun too..Thank you so so much for your videos too..
First flight and he nailed the landing! Most Excellent o' Sky Puppy...
He did forget to lower the landing gear though...
blue skies!
Der absolute Knaller!
Merci vielmals 😊
gut gemacht Jung. I flew an earlier version of the SG about 20 years ago. unlike you we only had a winch launch so you can guess how quickly I was back on the ground. nevertheless an experience never to be forgotten. makes you appreciate the comfort of fibreglass:-) :-) I wish you many many more safe landings.
SG38 war ein deutsches Produkt. Habe ihn selbst bei der GST Neuhausen bei Cottbus geflogen. Später die "Meise" dann FES
RAF Bister air base in the early 70's, I saw one of these "basic trainers" take flight and, if I recall, one had to have 500 hours flying time in gliders before they'd let you fly it !!!! Unfortunately, I saw that flight end badly as he tried to land but misjudged the wind and ended up in some bushes, nose down! What a hoot! I was learning to fly at the time with the RAFGSA at RAF Wattisham. That's where the CFI, Eric, gave me the nickname of "Spamcan" (because I was in the USAF). Cheers !
A lovely flight and a real greaser of a landing. Congratulations to the pilot and thanks for posting.
The laughter says it all ! Fantastic.
looks like a blast, nicely done
blue skies!
His left hand kept reaching for something to grab. :) Can't blame him a bit! lol. So, so, so different than piloting in the cockpit. Holy cow, that looks fun! Good job, young man and congratulations!
Thanks for posting, the pilot on this video is 15 years old.
Greets from Austria!
Can you post a walk around of the plane
Das schon geil
this is one classy man of flight
Einfach nur geil!
Ich bin so ein Ding 1x in Aspern geflogen. Werde diesen Flug nie vergessen. Das ist was ganz spezielles.
Tolles Video, super Flug. Danke für den upload.
Ich habe den SG38 vor etwa 60 Jahren auf dem Flugplatz Neuhausen bei Cottbus-als Mitglied in der GST-geflogen
Yanking those elevators good 😮😅❤
Very cool, but I wouldn't have the guts to fly this one. Good on you, Mylord!!
The wind noise here made it seem like he was doing mach 2.
+Hal C lol....
No, I think it wasn’t mach 2. If you’re listening exactly, you can hear that the afterburner didn’t work.
By the way: It was a great landing of this young guy!
Schöne Grüße nach Österreich!
Anton Dillét 100 km/h? Is das hier ein WW1 fighter oder noch früher weil es keine Reder hat? Ist die Steuerung extrem empfindlich weil es so wenig Gewicht hat?
No, mach 2 was not that noisy... I flew the F-104 G quite often to mach 2 and little over, on test flights... But I had my helmet on. And: I also flew the SG-38 in 1954 at Celle-Scheuen in Germany, went solo after 15 flights an the Gö-4 and after 20 hops on the SG-38 (started by winch up to 300 m) I stepped up to the "Baby II b". Flew 14 different gliders, got my "Silver C". Became a Combat Ready Pilot for the German Navy after having been trained as Jet Pilot in the USA 1966 - 1968 and was later an Instructor for "Tornado"- Crews at RAF Cottesmore/ England. (1983-1987)
My films about my training in the USA 1966 - 1968 are here on UA-cam. Find me under wulf beeck - UA-cam Please write my name in s m a l l letters.
The following films on my UA-cam Channel deal with my pilot training:
(Comments are in German, sorry...)
- Piaggio - T-37 - T-38 - Operation Heulift - Der Witwenmacher (F-104 G German version) or - The Widowmaker (F-104 G English version) - Besuch auf einem Schießplatz - Seasurvival - Überleben auf See -
Have fun with my videos... stay away from Corona, FLY SAFE FLY NAVY Wulf "Buddy" Beeck
Can't beat that feeling I bet, he had a good flight! Looks like the young guy is a good pilot!. play safe out there
This has to be the best UA-cam video. This lad has balls of Titanium..Respect
Thanks for watching Tony! Blue skies!
My Dad got his RAF glider pilot's wings on one of these just after the war. The ex German Air Force instructor was excellent according to my father and had a small queue of NCO's lined up for instruction.
Great first flight and tidy short landing. Well done.
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Mit meinem Trike habe ich schon x Mal eine SG38 geschleppt. Da ich langsamer geflogen bin musste der Pilot nicht so drücken. Für längere Überführungen zu anderen Plätzen fliegt man viel entspannter.
Like the way his jeans are tucked into the socks. Stops the shit running out!! Lol......
lmfao
Stop the wind goin up ya leg an freezing the balls of your self. ADD MEEE
Lol!! You sure looked at this video in 3D to see all those details,some of us were just wondering if he will be able to nail the landing.
you are a very skill full guy , well done first class
"Oy mate! I've got an idea!"
"What?"
"Let's tie your deckchair to the back of that plane and see what happens."
"Alright. Go on then."
Very droll -- as well as close to the truth!
Although this was published about 5 years ago, I hope the kid (20 year old dude now) still flies and enjoys it now just as much as he did back then. Awesome flight ;)
+ev3rlastingfaith I think it's a girl
+allisonforfornsed His voice suggests he's a boy ;)
+Jakob von Raumer Wow, I never heard that. I must've missed it.
I really miss some more camera perspectives showing the plane as a whole, the towing plane, the scenery.
True, its incredible they dont show the whole machine.
I think they did the whole video in front of a green screen.
It's basically a glorified selfie.
@@williamquilitzsch4174 I thought that was photoshoped
There are other videos of the very same glider - this is about the 15 yr old pilot soloing the SG-38, not the SG-38 itself.
That looks a fairly 'wild ride' to me!
That’s the craziest looking thing I have ever seen
Oh my god! This incredible! You're awesome
This is no aircraft! This is a flying chair! Balls of steel to fly this for sure.
That's a skinny chair
Fake , whts the yarn pulling him front?? It's definitely faje
Absolutely perfect. Good vibration.
Great video, and this young man is getting a great start to a career in aviation. I started at his age in gliders as well. What I learned there still serves me well today. It really teaches the fundamentals, and there isn't anything with wings much more fundamental than a SG-38.
He'll be with Lufthansa in a few short years!
Greetings from USA with love Awesome video CRAZY Pilot is only 15 years old WTF No flight insruments just you and the world BADASS
***** good I was like this kid is HARDCORE, makes sense I wouldn't go up with out it either!
MyWillyboi Hang gliders have no instrumentation as designed, still quite flyable, you trust the speed of the wind on your face and your eyes.
Did you see that motorcycle dirt track, sweet.
Holy hell! Easily one of the best videos on UA-cam.....
Johnny Komatsu thanks a lot!
those crazy amish flying plows
That's "ganz verukt" - a LOT of faith in that old piece of wood holding him up not cracking!
Is it just me,or was that some kind of,magical mystery flight.
Crickey there are some seriously large deflections of the control stick there...
that has got to be the scariest thing ever to fly. "here kid, sit on this railroad tie and but your hoodie on for protection" ......no fcccking way!
We had something like this as our ATC glider.
Had the gliding characteristics of a brick.
Whoa. I only fly closed, powered airplanes, but this looks like some thing I'd like to try.
Amazing skills and courage!
He flew some bits of wood and some string. a brave dude.
the SG-38 is solid as a rock and very safe. I had the privilege to fly one.. Compared to something like a flying chair, it's build is substantial. I don't think you could break one.
Cool. We Have one at RAF Manston history museum.
Main Lander It's also from 1942.
Older than I thought.
flying tabouret --- vortrefflich
Have flown various Edmund Schneider gliders but never had the privilege of flying a basic trainer. I'm very jealous.
You must have balls of steel going in that antique.
i would say death wish in that thing!
True!
I felt the temperature drop from this side of my computer keyboard.
Or a lack of common sense.
I'd love to fly that. 👍😁👌
Did i hear a scream about halfway through?
Now that's a flying lawn chair. This guy got balls
Man that was awesome you go boy nicely do need more of you out there good job
Thanks, blue skies!
How many pairs of underpants is he wearing?
+darkmath100 approximately 10!
The same as you have on.
Why?
He had fun and this wan't a scare thing as he knew what he wanted to do! Now I wonder how his flying life is going? Great control of a basic fly by the seat of your pants aircraft as that thing I thing only had an altimeter! He did better than some adults on their first solo flight!
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darkmath100 apoyemos a omega el fuerte🌎
Brave kid. Didn't look comfy, but must be a great feeling.
Good man nice &: smooth on the landing, excellent
Thanks Mike
Thank you for the ride.
These Primary Gliders were well thought out, engineered for strength and safe flying qualities and nor more risky than a J3 Cub... !!!
This glider is probably the safest way to fly at all. It can land everywhere.
@@peterweber1174 ...and in a glider, you always know *exactly* how many engines you will have available at the time of your landing. That's not the case in any powered plane you can name.
@@svyt You got it. Did a silver distance flight in '19. Knew I'd never run out of gas. Did have to "fuel up" on thermals, though. (Pilatus B-4)
It takes serious balls to do this👍💪😎
Must be the greatest feeling to fly such open aircraft?!
Wow ! Congratulations ! Can you repeat it with us seeing how the whole things done ! I'm subscribing !
This gives new meaning to Seat of the Pants!
Exciting! Flying at it's most elemental.
Only scary for the ignorant. When flying, having more vehicle wrapped around you doesn't equal more safety...just a bigger splat. What safety there is comes from learning to control your craft. Hard to imagine a better platform to learn that. :-)
Well said
fantastic landing and flying!
give me a million bucks and i still wont think about think of thinking to think of going on this thing.
Amen!
I would do it for free.
I thought it would be quiet inside a glider but was surprised how much wind noise the first time I went up.
"Those magnificent man on their flying machines!" Молодец парень!
"Glider clubs" used the same glider in the 1930s to provide primary flight training to future Luftwaffe pilots, skirting the Versailles treaty restrictions on aircraft. I noticed a bunch of stick pitching- the CG location on such a machine would likely be very much a matter of pilot weight. The kid looked pretty skinny, so maybe he was constantly trying to keep the airspeed up. Pure stick and rudder!
I can't help feeling that of God had meant SG-38s to fly that far off the ground he wouldn't have invented hills and big bungee cords.
Krass. Hätte ich mal früher mit dem Segelfliegen angefangen. So ein Teil zu fliegen muss sich bestimmt krank anfühlen
Хороший планер, красивый полёт. Спасибо за видео.
2000 feet tow?, 60 seconds to the ground, pretty steep glide angle, kudos tho, this looks like so much fun.
Monsieur, Is that the pilote screaming at 04:33 ?
it was the sound of ....... MANHAWK
That is the Pressure and Joy inside, that makes him Scream ;-)
I think flying with this old Beginner Sailplane is a very Special Feeling,
maybe a little Bit like Flying an Hangglider..
the kid is 15
i would like to know where I can fly one of these...I have 500 hrs logged
balls of steel.
+Daniel Swift I was about to say, how does that thing stay in the air with the weight of those massive testicles weighing it down at the front?
That's a lady
That's the concensus!
Outstanding! Vielen dank fur das teilen von diesen fun!
From the looks of what his feet are busy doing, this thing is peddle powered.
Pedal.
Epic! It looks as if the tug aircraft is flying slightly too fast for him but maybe it couldn't fly any slower! Reminds me of my first solo flight which was in a single seater I had never flown before. It's unofficial name was the Flying Tea Tray. Very different flying characteristics to the glider I had been taught in.
The towing aircraft was a Piper PA18 Super Cub flying as slowly as possible, for the SG38 it is a high speed ride 😊
Germans have been flying these gliders since the 20s at least.
Love the confidence...good on you...
4:33 what was that?
The tow cable release?
Oh yes, thanks
It sounded like an eagle. I have had many aerotows and releases (in K13/K8), but I never heard it. Is there a whistle of some sort on the cable?
Will never complain again about flying in the Astir!
Wow you really have to have huge balls to fly this prehistoric contraption. What the hell is it?
Its an actual velociraptor
Hahahoho! Amen! Old wooden glider.
77chonyc A FLYING MACHINE ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
It's called a primary glider. They've been used to train Pilots since the 1930s.
Great landing...i was worried it would tumble
Where did you get the materials to make this?? Home Depot???
***** It was clearly a joke.
I am an old pilot and I tell you this young man flying this glider will make him a top pilot. He is flying by the seat of his pants, and this is whay makes good pilot. Congratulations,
go back to your mom's basement my friend. this guy is brilliant.
PetrovichGaming Yup.
付梦汀 OMG. How did you guess that i live in Moms basement. That is so weird! Are you a psychic?
You passed - welcome to the luftwaffe - good luck - HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY